Nothing's really working at work today. My desk that got coopted had a USB-C dock - which I need for audio and connecting my two monitors. The guy who could give me one wasn't there, so I went out and bought a USB-C to Dual HDMI adapter. That works fine, but now I have to choose between having power plugged into the other USB-C port, or audio, and I have meetings later, so they'll have to be done on battery, unless I can get my onboard audio working - it's never worked since I got this laptop and I know pretty much fuck-all about audio in Linux.
Anyway that's what I've spent my entire morning doing instead of actual tasks. Just trying to get audio working and looking for a dongle. This whole desk thing has really got me turned around. That dev's only got my desk until February though, and then I've got it reserved until May, and I'm thinking I'll write software that'll keep automatically reserving it. Take my desk, will you..! I don't even wanna be here!
On Friday I have to go figure out how to either make my mom's (who has memory issues) computer easy enough for her to use so she can still pay bills (I'm thinking a big HTML homepage with big colorful buttons to go to certain websites - the bookmarks bar just seems to confuse her now) OR I get my parents to transition to my dad starting to pay the bills instead of my mom. She called me sounding pretty upset and confused, saying she can't find things on the computer. It's upsetting. Dad should be stepping up on his own. This is frustrating. I worry about my mom driving. I worry about them missing important bills or paperwork. I worry that I haven't been told the truth about her condition. I don't fuckin' know. Have a rant about being middle-aged, Mastodon.
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